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Measuring Dust on MarsMars is a dusty planet. Will dust accumulation on solar arrays be a problem for large solar power systems used on long-duration future missions on Mars? NASA Lewis Research Center's Materials Adherence Experiment (MAE) on the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover was designed to find out. It measured the dust deposited on the rover's solar array by measuring the change in transparency of a movable glass cover as dust settled on it. This graph shows the results from the first 2 weeks of operation on Mars.
Document ID
20050180606
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Research and Technology 1997
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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